Reflection for the poem INDISCRIMINATE SESTINA

I loved how the author described the different kinds of desserts and other food. The passage that said "My favorite ice cream is praline...pecans placed between layers of rich torte, covered in ooey, gooey marshmallow, drizzled with homemade caramel, addign steaming hot milk chocolate syrup, with fresh, shredded coconut." It gave a clear picture of what the ice cream looked like. I felt that Zona Lawrence did a great job of creating images in the audiences minds.

Reflection for the poem"Moonbeams"

This poem reminds me of a person who feels hopeless and someone who does not have dreams. It has a sad tone and this is evident in the lines that say "Slowly sinking into the murky waters of what once was, and will never be what shined like gold wihtout light is lost." After reading this poem, I thought that if you do not have a dream, then there is no light in your life. If you are always thinking about the past, there will be no improvement and you will always be depressed. Therefore, I think everyone should have some kind of a dream of their own.

Great poems! :)

These are some of the poems that I loved! <3

MOONBEAMS
Moonbeams
dance on my dreams
Reflections of truth
shimmer on stars
Rays of light
fade to dark
My world balances
on hopes of times forever past
Slowly sinking into the murky waters
of what once was, and will never be
What shined like gold without light
is lost
Moonbeams once danced
on
my
dreams
By Amy B Silverstein
Citation: Silverstein, Amy B.. "Moonbeams." poetry.com. 2008. poetry.com. 19 Jan 2008 http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P2949952&BN=999&PN=1.

INDISCRIMINATE SESTINA

Of all my favorite chocolate
desserts, I like the ones draped in caramel
with pieces of chopped pecans,
slathered with emerald coconut,
making a perfict Irish torte.

This is not a court tort, but a torte
made of the good dark chocolate
sometimes used in cookies, liek coconut
macaroons, with dollops of caramel,
the edges filled in bits of pecans.

My favorite ice cream is praline...pecans
placed between layers of rich torte,
covered in ooey, gooey marshmallow,
drizzled with homemade caramel,
addign steaming hot milk chocolate
syrup, with fresh, shredded coconut

I like cream pies of grated coconut,
but best of all, those amde with sliced pecans,
a cardinal sin filling of caramel
on a butter and brown sugar crushed shell torte,
then, around the plate,stepping-stones of chocolate
dotted with daubs of melted marshmallow.

In a jar, a can, or bag...a marshmallow
leads me to make fancy coconut
S'mores, covered in Belgian chocolate,
lying on a bed of hand picked slivered pecnas,
cradling a raspberry cream cheese torte,
topped with figure eights of warm caramel.

Should one eat the caramel, the wallow in the marshmallow,
or perhaps fall into the raspberry tort,
sprinkled with shaved coconut,
surrounded by deluxe pecans,
dipped in hot thick fudgie chocolate...

The carmel and the coconut will stick between one's teeh.
The marsmallow with pecans could crack a crown in two.
The trote...covered in lucious Godiva chocolate...will finish you.

By Zona Lawrence
Citation: Lawrence, Zona. "Indiscriminate sestina." poetry.com. poetry.com. 19 Jan 2008 http://www.poetry.com/contest/pastwinners.asp?qsGPWinID=255454.

"NEXT STOP..."

Life goes on,
Until our last breath.
Our soul continues,
Floating into eternity.
Meeting up with loved ones,
They reminisce,
About days spent on earth.
Only to realize,
They are in a better place.It's time for us,
To open our eyes,
And accept our Fate.
Enjoy the ride!!!

By R.H.Silverstein
Citation: Silverstein, R.H.. ""Next Stop..."." poetry.com. 2008. poetry.com. 19 Jan 2008
http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P3231991&BN=999&PN=4.